Monday, 24 April 2017

Hello, we are Ana and Javier, and together
with our three sons (4,7 and 10 years) we have been visiting La Comarca de la
Vera for several times. We enjoy to experience new things in this part of the
region. For the last times, we have booked canoe rides and activities in a
tree-top adventure park, and these were very enjoyable.

Instead of this kind of tourism for
our last trip to the region, we found a different option thanks to Carlos. He
is in charge of an enterprise that promotes Active Cultural Tourism -a term that we have
never heard about before. Carlos told us that is a combination of guided
tourism and revisited trekking that he holds in his routes all over the region,
either on foot, or by bike, or by 4x4.

No matter what the environment is,
the route is always guided by an expert that explains the surroundings
including nature and ethnography background. This description had caught our
attention and we asked Carlos to send us details about the trekking route in
order to take the stroll with our three sons.

Carlos replied us the same
afternoon with all kind of details about the route. The route goes through an
oak forest, where mosses and lichens grow wildly, and finishes in a very
special place chozo de cabreros where having lunchtime
based on traditional meals of the region. A “chozo” is the typical housing for goatherds that climbed the
highest picks of mountains with their cattle in summer.

He attached pics and tips about the
equipment, as well as a schedule of the day journey in the email.

Our expectations were met satisfactorily.
The route was suitable in terms of distances and slopes for our children, who
enjoyed specially going through one of the so-called canyons of the region.

Along the stroll, we could watch
different varieties of trees and plants. Beetles such as “toros del sol” and ants drawn the attention of our children.

Hiking Interpreting with family

Grabbing some food in the chozo located in the mountain landscape gave
us an experience that matched perfectly with the whole day, the biscuits of
pomelo for dessert delighted us.

Active Tourism, an eco-awar family
enterprise from Extremadura: Conyegar